cutter
18
6.1
- noun
- /ˈkʌtər/
:
lancha
- This is US Coast Guard Cutter Baranof.
Examples
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The assistant U.S. attorney alerted the district attorney, who sent a revenue cutter to Port Jefferson.
Academic text (2009) -
We have a cutter en route.
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A quarter of an hour went by, and we heard the cutter stop his engines.
Fiction book (1995) -
Then I'm gonna call the Coast Guard to send a cutter.
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That was Mr Brown, to tell us the Customs cutter is approaching the bay.
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Pick up the cutter in mid-channel and put our client aboard.
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Some Coast Guard cutters lay far off, white dots.
Fiction book (2002) -
I am just now being told that one of the Coast Guard cutters has issued a mayday.
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A Coast Guard cutter is circling the site of the boat/chopper crash.
Fiction book (1991) -
The Coast Guard deployed a cutter to assist the stranded sailors in the stormy waters.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A small vehicle used on water to carry people, like a rowboat or motorboat
698
3.3
A large boat or ship used for travel on water
48
1.1
A small boat that moves by wind using sails
27
2.4
A small fast boat with a motor used for racing or quick trips
13
1.0
A boat that is small and used for short trips on lakes or rivers
6
8.1
A small sailing boat with one mast
5
6.6
A small boat that takes people or supplies to shore from a larger ship
5
9.4
A small ship that carries mail on a regular route
2
3.7
A boat with sails that uses wind to move
2
9.9
A small coastal sailing boat used for fishing
1
1.4
A small boat that uses sails to move and usually has one mast
1
9.1
A long narrow rowing boat used for racing or short trips
1
7.5
A boat that carries mail and sometimes people and goods on a regular route
1
9.9
A small boat used to carry people or supplies between a ship and shore
1
2.8
A boat that carries mail to islands and remote places
A boat that carries mail and small supplies to islands and remote places
A small boat that a ship carries to move people between ship and shore
A small boat that takes a person who guides large ships into and out of port
Compounds
12
3.9
A strong tool with long handles and heavy jaws for cutting metal, like locks or chains
- NSFW
1
9.8
A bomb that breaks into many small fast metal pieces to hit soldiers and vehicles
1
7.5
A small sharp knife with a short stiff blade for carving linoleum or trimming edges
- Specialized
A machine that chops and mixes meat and other food inside a spinning bowl
- Specialized
A tool that removes small amounts of metal after rough cutting to make gear teeth smooth and accurate
- Archaic
A tool used in traditional printing to cut thin lead strips for spacing type
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cutter for a small boat shares the same root cut, meaning 'to cut', and a helpful way to remember it is to imagine the boat 'cutting' through the water. So the name fits a fast, sharp little craft that moves quickly along the sea.